Chapter 3264

Lu Zhenghong shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm fine, my body is very good. Every day there are health doctors to check my body. If there is any problem, can they let me work? I can't be idle now. The epidemic in Guangdong is becoming more and more urgent."

Su Xinghui has been paying New Year calls everywhere these days, so he is not very clear about the situation of the epidemic in Guangdong now. He asked, "Dad, how is the epidemic in Guangdong now?"

Lu Zhenghong said, "It is not optimistic. Now two SARS patients have died in Guangdong."

Speaking of this, Lu Zhenghong's face was very solemn. Under such good medical conditions, two SARS patients still died, which proves that there is really no good means to treat and prevent this disease, which has increased the difficulty of fighting this epidemic again.

Su Xinghui was also very depressed. He made so many efforts, but the epidemic in Guangdong was still developing in a direction he could not control. It seems that this SARS epidemic will still spread to the whole country.

Su Xinghui asked, "Dad, how is the mood of the citizens of Guangdong? On the way back, I saw that many citizens wore masks and looked quite nervous."

Lu Zhenghong said, "Yes, there are many rumors now. Although we are also strictly investigating the source of rumors, we still cannot eliminate rumors, which has caused the tension of the citizens. Now the panic buying trend is getting more and more intense, and even a reporter interviewed that a bottle of white vinegar was sold at a high price of 1,000 yuan, but we also cracked down on such profiteers."

Su Xinghui said, "Dad, this is treating the symptoms but not the root cause!"

Lu Zhenghong sighed: "I have reported to Secretary Gu again, hoping to discuss the matter of information disclosure again. I don't know when there will be news."

Su Xinghui said, "Dad, it seems that the scope of this epidemic will spread wider and wider."

Lu Zhenghong understood what he meant, and he nodded and said, "Yes, it is the Spring Festival period. There are many workers from other provinces in enterprises in Guangdong Province. They all went back for the New Year. It is inevitable that they will spread the epidemic to other provinces."

Su Xinghui said, "I plan to go back tomorrow. If the epidemic really spreads to the whole country, I have to rush back to Baozhou."

Lu Zhenghong said, "You have to go back early. The current Baozhou still needs you!"

Su Xinghui said, "Dad, you still have to pay attention to your health. Your health is the greatest expectation of us children."

Lu Zhenghong said, "I will, don't worry, let Xiaoya and Niuniu be well, and also tell your parents for me to pay attention to their health."

Su Xinghui only stayed in Guangdong for one day, then flew back to the capital, stayed in the capital for another day, and then returned to Baozhou, because at this time, rumors appeared in several provinces across the country. Rumors said that the SARS epidemic in Guangdong had spread to them, and there was a trend of panic buying white vinegar and Banlangen across the country.

And Yanbei Province is no exception. Such a panic buying trend also appeared in Baozhou. However, Su Xinghui just returned to Baozhou and reported the epidemic in Guangdong to the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Zhao Yichen, and predicted in advance that the epidemic and rumors might spread to Baozhou. Therefore, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government also made responses in advance.

As soon as the rumors in Baozhou appeared, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government refuted the rumors on TV. They said that there is no evidence that the SARS epidemic has spread to Baozhou City, please do not believe or spread rumors, and white vinegar and Banlangen have no preventive effect on SARS, please do not panic buy. The Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government will organize professional health and epidemic prevention personnel to carry out unified disinfection work in crowded areas.

In the past two years, the credibility of the Baozhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government has been quite outstanding. There is no promise they have made that has not been fulfilled, which makes the common people in Baozhou quite trust them. Therefore, the rumors spread in Baozhou disappeared slowly before they rose.

As the health and epidemic prevention departments began to carry out organized disinfection work in crowded areas and distributed publicity materials for preventing infectious diseases to the common people, the panic of the common people slowly eliminated, their emotions gradually stabilized, and the economic development of Baozhou City was not greatly affected.

In late February, a Guangdong SARS patient went to Hong Kong to attend a relative's wedding, and passed the SARS case he was infected with to several other travelers in the same hotel. The SARS epidemic began to break out in Hong Kong.

And one of the travelers was an American businessman. When he went from Hong Kong to Hanoi, Vietnam, he fell ill in Hanoi. Later, many local medical staff in Hanoi were also infected with SARS when rescuing this patient, which made the SARS epidemic begin to break out in Vietnam.

Bad news came one after another, but there was also a piece of good news. The whole genome sequencing work of the SARS virus carried out by multiple laboratories has been completed, and they successfully carried out whole genome sequencing of the SARS coronavirus.

This news means that human beings are no longer ignorant of this virus. However, according to the sequencing results, there is currently no specific medicine that can treat SARS.